Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

paid in full The noise AROUND the film and the real events can make it hard to just enjoy the film for what it is. It can put a lot of pressure on viewers who just want to enjoy a film. Once you put aside the noise, you will notice that the film makers tried to show the climate of an era that had a lot of tension between races. You might be tempted to take sides. Personally, I felt unsatisfied by the theme of the movie. I only watched it because someone said Hurricane was a hero and I wanted to make my own opinion. After watching this film, I realize I may never find the truth. If that is the case, I can judge this as a fiction story, and to me it was a poor one.

johnny-burgundy The Hurricane (1999) This is a biographical sports drama about a former middleweight boxer who was wrongly convicted for a triple murder. The film received positive reviews by audiences and critics alike, but has been criticized for inaccuracies by some. Denzel Washington plays the lead. This is one of his better roles. He received an Oscar nomination and the film received several other awards nominations. The film takes an original way in telling the story. It takes us back through the eyes of our leads and the actions of some unexpected friends who believe in his innocence. This is a story of despair and a renewal of hope in the face of a daunting journey.

MovieHoliks I saw this movie back in early 2000, shortly after it came out, and remembered some controversy surrounding the inaccuracies with the film. I liked the movie, but only in recent years going back and watching it again did I realize just what a great film this is- in spite of the falsehoods used. Two-time Academy award winner, Denzel Washington, gives one of his finest performances as middleweight champion Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, who was twice convicted of a triple homicide in the 1960s, and spent almost twenty years in prison before finally having his conviction overturned. Washington is so great in the role, especially at times you can see the vulnerability of the character- just amazing work! And a special shout out to young actor Vicellous Reon Shannon (who was great in the HBO film "Dancing In September") as Lazarus, the young man who befriends Carter after reading his autobiography, and later helps out with his case. This movie was partially based on the book "Lazarus and the Hurricane".I've looked into the real facts of the case- such as that supposed racist cop played by Nick Tortelli (or Dan Hedaya rather LOL), who turns out there was never such evidence with his character- and the facts maybe even supporting that Carter was in fact guilty-?? I see this as one of two things. After he got out of prison I know he became an advocate for seeking the release of those wrongly imprisoned, so either he was innocent or he was guilty and maybe redeemed himself a little bit-?? (that's after the 20 years in prison too). And as film critic Roger Ebert put it- sometimes you get at the heart of the "dramatic truth"- if you want the exact literal truth, you watch a documentary. Norman Jewison directed this film, who was actually the original director of "Malcolm X" before Spike Lee's involvement, and had directed Washington previously in "A Soldier's Story". David Paymer, Rod Steiger, Liev Schreiber and Deborah Kara Unger round out the cast.

nelson joshi The Hurricane : Denzel Washington no doubt is one of the best actor ever exist and this one of his greatest role he ever did, his acting skills in this movie is endless. Washington as Rubin Carter simple marvelous . Now about movie well i Google it ans i get mix kind of reviews about this story ....was it really like they showed n movie or not ...so i really don't say anythng about real Rubin and about his life. But yes as a story and movie i like this ....nice cinematography and great boxing scenes . I know ppl expecting raging bull kinda movie but this movie was more about story and action taken by society or i can say injustice rather then real boxing. A man who had criminal records run away from prison and joined army their he came to know what he cud capable of he started boxing...then again sentenced to prison where he decided to made him as a professional boxer and he worked hard n prison and become one of the biggest unexceptional case . Then color gap or racism ...ppl hatred and he found guilty for murder he never did. Then his fight against injustice and how a book can motivate a person and then story starts again and u will fall in to it. So one of the best acting done by Denzel and yes i enjoyed the movie and i will recommend you should watch it if u really like movies Washington might get an Oscar for this as acting was superb and he totally in to this character but again there are few files which doubt that is this story was really based on exactly what happened?? ..that was a catch